Tallinna Lauluväljak

The Tallinn Song Festival Grounds (Estonian: Tallinna Lauluväljak) is a singing field in the capital of Estonia, intended for All-Estonian singing festivals and other musical events. It is located on the slope of the Lasnamäe cliff sloping down to the sea, forming a natural auditorium with a large slope.

Tallinna Lauluväljak is equipped with a unique singing stage for performers (built in 1959 for the 1960 festival) and seats for spectators.

The modern bandstand of the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds has a unique construction, and the acoustic screen in the form of a hyperbolic paraboloid supported on supporting cables between two inclined arches (the span of the front arch is 73 metres) is a unique structure on a world scale. The rooms underneath the bandstand are intended for the gathering of performers and are used for the needs of organisations and exhibitions when not performing.

The singing stage is designed to accommodate up to 30,000 performers, although the opposite is also possible: when the performance takes place on the horizontal platform in front of the stage, and the audience sits on the stage. On either side of the bandstand are towers. The northern tower (42 metres high) is used to light the festive fire during the festivities, while the southern tower is used for radio and television broadcasts.